Politics

The finer details of a possible asset swap of land will be discussed during an extraordinary meeting next week.

Mayor responds to 'misinformation' which was circulated by councillors on social media.

Fears of increased pollution, congestion and safety risks were expressed before councillors overwhelmingly backed the proposal.

The debate follows the approval of a contentious licensing application last month.

Councillors pointed out there was a lack of pepper-potting on the proposed site.

Officers said 100 parking spaces would have been removed to accommodate the proposed development.

A review will take place over the coming months, a meeting has heard.

Plans for dozens of flats and a new library on the site will be debated next week.

Local companies say the scheme has been too costly and complex to get involved with.

Councillors want to improvements made to the reserved matters application.

The agreement gives council chiefs the option of buying land in the area, but doesn't force them to do so.

Town councillors have raised concerns over the number of units in the application due to overlooking.

But councillors say no rave or festival-type events should take place there.

A borough councillor who fought three General Elections for Labour will now sit as an Independent and says she won't be the last to quit.

A motion has called for the government to close a loophole in the existing law.

A council sub-committee is due to make a decision soon on the contentious proposal.

The site is within a conservation area but has been left vacant and subject to vandalism for years.

Lawyers acting for an opposition councillor claim allegations made during a meeting are false, but both sides say they've done nothing wrong.

Managing director speaks of pre-Brexit panic buying, similar to what has been seen in shops during lockdown.

A major search operation was called off last night.